Victor Model 65-25

Victor Model 65-25, 16 mm film projector. The film collection has numerous 16 mm projectors of various makes and models. The projectors were mainly used by professionals and institutions, but such machines were widely used in schools and businesses from around 1950, when all educational and promotional material was on film, until the advent of video. A 16mm projector was present in virtually every school in Iceland; most were from the American brands Bell & Howell and Kalart Victor, and later from the Japanese brand Eiki. Educational films were distributed through the Icelandic Educational Film Library, which later became the National Educational Media Institute. An amplifier was usually built into the projectors, and speakers were included. In larger auditoriums, however, the machines were typically connected to the building's sound system. The image was projected onto a screen or walls, but in most classrooms across the country, there were pull-down projection screens. The East End School and the Reykjavík Technical School had a special auditorium, and the East End School was considered to have the most advanced school buildings in Europe, featuring a stadium-style auditorium. The Austurbæjarskóli used a Calart Victor machine, while the Iðnskólinn had three types of projectors.